This Montenegrin Program of mandatory animal health protection measures for the year 2024 establishes preventive measures aimed to monitor, prevent the occurrence, detection, suppression and eradication of infectious and parasitic diseases, the method of their implementation, the entities that will implement them, sources, the method of providing and using funds, the method of control, the method of reporting, as well as other conditions for their implementation.
The implementation of these measures is mandatory in the entire epizootiological area of Montenegro, appropriate to the level of danger and to the epizootiological situation from the previous period. The program of measures creates prerequisites for harmonizing the field of animal health protection with EU requirements, which relate to obtaining and maintaining the health status of farms for certain infectious diseases. Animal health protection is implemented to ensure: breeding and production of healthy animals, safe and hygienic products of animal origin and animal feed, protection of people from zoonoses, protection of animal welfare and protection of the environment.